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                <p>You create relationships between requirements, use cases, tasks, test cases, and other work
                    items through the 
                    tabs on the forms for those work items. This topic describes the controls and data
                    fields that are associated with creating links and hyperlinks.</p>
                <p>For more information about how to use links, see <span sdata="link"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/2db0e4b4-bc1d-4753-b0df-9d37d866d1ed">
                    Choosing Link Types to Effectively Track Your Project</a></span>. For more information
                    about how to create links, see <span sdata="link"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/eb47069f-e49b-424d-a674-91cb733f3518">
                        Creating Relationships Between Work Items and Other Resources</a></span>.
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                                <p>A few reports provided in the process template for GovDev for TFS 2010
                                    require that you create links between specific work items. Specifically, the
                                    Requirements Traceability Report and Use Case Progress Report require that you create links between
                                    requirements and use cases, use cases and tasks and between use cases and test cases. For more information,
                                    see <span sdata="link"><a href="RequirementsTraceabilityReportGovDev.html">Requirements Traceability Report
                                        (GovDev)</a></span> and <span sdata="link"><a href="RequirementsProgressReportGovDev.html">Requirements
                                            Progress Report (GovDev)</a></span>.</p>
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                <p><span class="label">In this topic</span> </p>
                <ul>
                    <li>
                        <p><a href="#Toolbar">Link Toolbar Buttons</a></p>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p><a href="#LinksControl">Link Controls and Restrictions</a></p>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p><a href="#DefaultLinkListFields">Default Link List Data Fields</a></p>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p><a href="#AdditionalFields">Additional Link Related Fields that Support Query and
                            Reporting</a></p>
                    </li>
                </ul>
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                <p>Each tab provides a toolbar, which contains the buttons that the following illustration
                    summarizes:</p>
                <img alt="Work item form link toolbar controls" src="../art/ProcGuid_LinkToolbar.png" /><p>
                    The following buttons become available only after you perform a specific action:
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                    <li>
                        <p>The button to create a work item that is linked to the open work item (<img alt="Add New Linked Work Item"
                            src="../art/Icon_addNewLinkedWorkItem.gif" />) becomes available only after you
                            save the open work item. </p>
                    </li>
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                        <p>The buttons to open the list of work items in a query (<img alt="Open in Query"
                            src="../art/Icon_openInQuery.gif" />) and in a Microsoft Office client (<img alt="Open in Microsoft Office"
                                src="../art/ProcGuid_OpenOffice.png" />) become available only when at least
                            one work item is listed in the links control tab. </p>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p>The buttons to open a work item (<img alt="Open Work Item" src="../art/Icon_openWorkItem.gif" />),
                            edit a link (<img alt="Edit link" src="../art/Icon_WITLinkEdit.gif" />), and delete
                            a link (<img alt="Delete link" src="../art/Icon_WITLinkDelete.gif" />) become available
                            only after you click one or more work items listed in the links control tab.
                        </p>
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                <p>Much of the traceability inherent in the GovDev for TFS 2010 process template is 
                    due to the link control and restrictions listed below. All tabs that support creating links between work items are implemented by using
                    the <b>LinksControl</b> element on the work item form. This element controls filtering
                    and restricting the types of work items to which you can link, the types of links
                    that you can create, and whether you can link to work items in another team project.
                    For more information about how to restrict links, see <span sdata="link"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/b43e4e57-3a42-4705-9e52-eec2f8fb5f72">
                        LinksControlOptions Elements</a></span>.</p>
                <p>The following table summarizes the restrictions for all types of work items.</p>
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                            <th>
                                <p>Work item type</p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p>Tab name</p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p>Link restrictions</p>
                            </th>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Requirement</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Use Cases</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Allows only <span class="ui">Child</span> link to Use Case work item type.
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Excludes links to work items in other team projects.</p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                         <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Requirement</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Change Requests</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Allows only <span class="ui">Affected By</span> link to Change Request work item 
                                            type.</p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Excludes links to work items in other team projects.</p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                         <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Use Case</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Requirement</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Allows only <span class="ui">Parent</span> link to Requirement work item type.
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Excludes links to work items in other team projects.</p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Use Case</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Tasks</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Allows only <span class="ui">Child</span> link to Task work item type.
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Excludes links to work items in other team projects.</p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Use Case</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Test Cases</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Allows only <span class="ui">Tested By</span> link to Test Case work item type.</p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Excludes links to work items in other team projects.</p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Use Case</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Bugs</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>AAllows only <span class="ui">Child</span> link to Bug work item type. </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Excludes links to work items in other team projects.</p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Task</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Use Case</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Allows only <span class="ui">Parent</span> link to Use Case work item type.
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Excludes links to work items in other team projects.</p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Task</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Implementation</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Allows only <span class="ui">Parent</span> and <span class="ui">Child</span> links 
                                            to other Task work item type.
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Excludes links to work items in other team projects.</p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Test case</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Tested Use Cases</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Allows only <span class="ui">Tests</span> link to Use Case work item type.</p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Excludes links to work items in other team projects. </p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Test case</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Bugs Found</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Allows only <span class="ui">Tests</span> link to Bug work item type.</p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Excludes links to work items in other team projects. </p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Bug</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Test Cases</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Allows only <span class="ui">Tested By</span> and <span class="ui">Changeset</span> links.</p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Allows links only to test case work item type.</p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Excludes links to work items in other team projects.</p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Bug</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Use Case</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Allows only <span class="ui">Parent</span> link to Use Case work item type.</p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Excludes links to work items in other team projects.</p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Change Request</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Requirements</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Allows only <span class="ui">Affects</span> link to Requirement work item type.</p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Excludes links to work items in other team projects. </p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                         <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Change Request</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">External Links</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Allows only Link To operations via <span class="ui">HyperLinks</span> link.</p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Excludes links to work items in other team projects. </p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                         <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Support Ticket</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Links</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Allows only <span class="ui">Related</span> and <span class="ui">HyperLinks </span> links.</p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Allows only <span class="ui">Related </span>links to Change Request and Bug work item types.</p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Excludes links to work items in other team projects. </p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                         <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Issue</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">All Links</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Allows only <span class="ui">Affects</span> and <span class="ui">HyperLinks </span> links.</p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Allows <span class="ui">Affects</span> link to Bug, Requirement, Task, Test Case, 
                                            Use Case work item types.</p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Excludes links to work items in other team projects. </p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
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                Data Fields in Lists of Links</span> </h1>
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                <p>All lists of links display the following data fields:</p>
                <ul>
                    <li>
                        <p>Work item <span class="ui">ID</span> </p>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p><span class="ui">Work Item Type</span> </p>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p><span class="ui">Title</span> </p>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p><span class="ui">Assigned to</span> </p>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p><span class="ui">State</span> </p>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p><span class="ui">[Link Comment]</span> </p>
                    </li>
                </ul>
                <p>You can add or remove columns from the list of links, and you can customize the default
                    columns and the column order. For more information, see <span sdata="link"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/b43e4e57-3a42-4705-9e52-eec2f8fb5f72">
                        LinksControlOptions Elements</mshelp:link></span>.</p>
                <p>For more information about these fields, see <span sdata="link"><a href="TitlesIDsDescriptionsandHistoryGovDev.html">
                    Titles, IDs, Descriptions, and History (GovDev)</a></span> and <span sdata="link"><a
                        href="AssignmentsandWorkflowGovDev.html">Assignments and Workflow (GovDev)</a>
                    </span>.</p>
                <p>The following table describes the <span class="ui">[Link Comment]</span> data field.
                    For information about data types and default field values, see <span sdata="link"><a
                        href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/c735a582-954a-418e-8b12-1b5c0b9857b9">Working
                        with Work Item Fields</a></span>.</p>
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                        <tr>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Field Name</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Description</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Reference Name</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Data Type</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Default Value for the Reportable Type Attribute</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Default Value for the Index Attribute</span> </p>
                            </th>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Link Comment</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Contains comments from the team member who created the link. You can configure this
                                    attribute field to appear as a column in a list of links on a work item form.
                                </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>System.Links.Comment </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>PlainText</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>None</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
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                Fields and Support Query and Reporting</span> </h1>
            <div id="sectionSection3" class="section" name="collapseableSection" style="">
                <p>The following table lists fields that do not appear on the work item forms but that
                    are tracked for each type of work item when you link them. You can use these fields
                    to filter queries and create reports.</p>
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                    <table width="50%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" frame="lhs">
                        <tr>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Field Name</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Description</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Reference Name</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Data Type</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Default Value for the Reportable Type Attribute</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Default Value for the Index Attribute</span> </p>
                            </th>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>External Link Count</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>The number of links from the work item to artifacts that are not work items and that
                                    are registered through the Team Foundation Linking Service. For more information,
                                    see this topic on the Microsoft Web site: <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=150885">
                                        Linking Service</a>.</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>System.ExternalLinkCount</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Integer</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>None</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Hyper Link Count</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>The number of hyperlinks that are defined for the work item.</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>System.HyperLinkCount</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Integer</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>None</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Related Link Count</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>The number of links from the work item to other work items.</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>System.RelatedLinkCount</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Integer</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>None</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Link Description</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Contains the work item type, ID, and title of the work item that is the target of
                                    the link. You can configure this link attribute field to appear as a column in a
                                    list of links on a work item form.</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>System.Links.Description</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>PlainText</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>None</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
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                <h4 class="subHeading">Reference</h4>
                <div class="seeAlsoStyle"><span sdata="link"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/b43e4e57-3a42-4705-9e52-eec2f8fb5f72">
                    LinksControlOptions Elements</mshelp:link></span> </div>
                <h4 class="subHeading">Concepts</h4>
                <div class="seeAlsoStyle"><span sdata="link"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/9720b88e-474c-451b-b3fe-5253ba24a653">
                    Using System Fields and Fields Defined by the MSF Process Templates</a></span> 
                </div>
                <h4 class="subHeading">Other Resources</h4>
                <div class="seeAlsoStyle"><span sdata="link"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/0d0d51f7-b8d0-4e5d-82b9-766ee12690ba">
                    Customizing How Work Items are Related through Link Types</a></span> </div>
                <div class="seeAlsoStyle"><span sdata="link"><a href="WorkItemsandWorkflowGovDev.html">
                    Work Items and Workflow (GovDev)</a></span> </div>
                <div class="seeAlsoStyle"><span sdata="link"><a href="WorkItemFieldsGovDev.html">Work
                    Item Fields (GovDev)</a></span> </div>
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